Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd08d579e0d45afd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:03:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ed8dae4c9e75bc383493f8be0bfff2ae SHA-1: c8451c5f778138e453997f40a4d7d4b6f764b24a SHA-256: cd08d579e0d45afd567035a8327ecb9e3ff7e5fa138831f544906992943e3646
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload. The presence of multiple links suggests a phishing or social engineering lure, aiming to trick users into downloading malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://music-summer-courses.eu/upload/files/gunanoxepubiva.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/56277502198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque.ville.deux-montagnes.qc.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77666025822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwecare.com/usr/userfiles/files/944774650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078942852563---kotemuzibemamafimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607650d6b87d0---gomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://styliststudios.com/imagesTE/file/46272386971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chichen.asia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21189293487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberryhomemade.com/userfiles/files/96619335008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee02068245---sudinevaxamepedezemov.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://sushimura1.com/uploads/files/93448260533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcvitamin.com/webroot/img/files/xufubupitosagatufozikixes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/7631148525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021070710511980554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dbddea97fed406f5a3d005251d70569/38069535683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202104/file/losajaxikafowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamzalegalservices.com/userfiles/file/pigajubopivawinivuvoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/52961755634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzakocakoglu.com/userfiles/file/46523469021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hram-uspeniya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25481501177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb26d4234b---31093070344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/buridegowupejejazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40be6306bb---xekurodobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a2364c6b4---72305518441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=learn+visual+basic+excel+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cae1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAE1 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 36cd81957a6daa4cdf6e869459c6aab2beb9d0f00a199f375fc111b4cf50bca1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110FE 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 5150fd241f0f16354cfc311f621b4abd951b0c29b8f52984d54023758816e2b5